Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ninja | 1980 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 2 | The Miko | 1984 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 3 | White Ninja | 1990 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 4 | The Kaisho | 1993 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 5 | Floating City | 1994 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 6 | Second Skin | 1995 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 7 | The Death and Life of Nicholas Linnear | 2014 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
| 8 | The Oligarch’s Daughter | 2016 | Ninja Cycle | Buy |
The Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle series follows its title character across eight books published between 1980 and 2016. The Ninja (1980) introduced readers to Nicholas Linnear, and The Miko followed four years later. Through the early 1990s, the series continued with White Ninja and The Kaisho, then moved into Floating City (1994) and Second Skin (1995).
After a gap of nearly two decades, the series returned with The Death and Life of Nicholas Linnear in 2014 and The Oligarch’s Daughter in 2016. Readers who want to follow Nicholas Linnear’s story from the beginning should start with The Ninja, since events and characters carry forward from one book to the next.